The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-07-30

gloves proved to be still greater. and
the North Woods deer ceased 10 be de-
pended upon by the Fulton County
glove-makers years ago.
Today the gloves manufactured in
Gloversville and Johnstown are made
Of skins brought from the most distant
parts Of the globe. The great bulk are
buck-skins aud sheep-skins. but there
are many others which the gloyemakers
use among them seal-skiE, dog-skin,
East India cowhide. and the skin OF the
South American water-hog. The bulk
Of the buckskin comes from Mexico and
Central and South America. The deer
OF the tropics Is covered with a heavier
skin than covers the deer of these lati-
tudes, and the finest sheep-skin comes
from South Africa, and is that Of the
Cape hair-sheep. 1.-The coarser the
wool. the finer the skim" Is glove
makers saying. All manner of furs.
too, go to Fulton County, to be used in
finishing the. gloves. ga t
The business OF glove-malSing in Fal.
ton County amounts TO about $780,
900 yearly. The wages of the most
skilful workers-the table cutters, as
they are called-run from $50 To $50
month; block cutters get frcm 800 TO
500 monthly. and machine girls earn,
according TO their skill, from So to $12
and even $l4 week.
The skins of which gloves are made
go through very exhaustive variety of
processes. Some Of them are soaked
in watts variousiy' from three days TO
four weeks, after which they get n
scraping from the 'beam" worker.
They are then dried into parchment.
then soaked in water, then entitled" in
oil, then put upon the beam again and
secured of oil and natural grease with
alkali, being repeatedly dried in the
course of this various treatment. Aft
or the aikafi securing they aye put up
on the breaking machine, and are
then ''hand-staked" with blunt tool
to render them pliable. Then they 90
on to the '.buck-tail,n or emery wheel.
and from there into the identical oil and
natural grease of which they were
secured with such pains. Then they
are wrung out and colored, then again
''broke-staked'' and s.finished. then
smoked. and then turned over To the
glove-makers, who promptly s'siake"
them again, cut them either on the
block or 10y hand ('.table'' cutting),
''silkN them. sew them, do much else 10
them, put buttons on them. fit them
over metal hands heated by steam,
sort them, andput them up in paste
board boxes in which they are sent to
market. The gloves. made in Fulton
County are all sorts, aud range from n
lady.'ss sid g. the ,eowboys's gauntlet
sfiep' with tasscis and gold cord.
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The descent Of balloon in remote
backwoods settlcmeht'is almost invari-
ably productive of amusing incidents.
Landing once In Mountainous district
in the State Of Georgia (writes King.
the aeronant). my companion and my
self were astonished at hearing loud
shseks and EXPLANATIONS issuing from
a oiisesnear BY, while in the doorway,
we saw an old lady upon her knees,
praying with great yociferation. The
wholc ueig hborhood had been aroused.
and Gan Earthquake could not have
created greater commotion. In the
woods. not far from our landing-place.
we found bag OF meal laying in the
path. II had been dropped by some
panic-stricken native. Further on, a
fishing party. had abandoned several
strings OF fish. Onr comedy came
measurabIy near ending ina tragedy,
for we had a narlpNiesoape from the
shot-guns of gang of Illicit distillers,
WHO took us 10 be revenue officers, On
the.occhsioh Of n recent descent in
Southern Virginia. "A devout colored
woman, catching sight OF the balloon,
gazsd upon y 10 fept admiration, exl
claiming
"Darcomes my blessed Jesus,walking
on decIoiids! Itake my chillen out on
dc. spqblc., roadi eSufling gwine TO
happen! Hallclujahl'' and she went
ON shouting till the truth was explained
toiher. Another Afro-American hear
ing me call 10 him, started off at fun
speed, crying. as he ran: "Gabriel's
done called me. hear him holIcrr'
Very amusing was the experience OF
Elliot, In one ~ his desccnts. He had
aseended from Charleston. on a summer
afternoon and was carried slowly down
the harbor. landingat last, just at night
fan. on one Of the islands. There was